Colors in waypoint icon choices

Love the icons, having the set available really helps as I’m building out maps for different topics. I would love to be able to assign a color to the ring around the picture icon though, not just have the default blue. By having a set of different colored rings, the same icon allows you to record and easily visually recall subcategories you define by those colors.

For example, as I am scouting for places to shoot landscape picture, and overtime as I actually shoot there, I'm recording waypoints. Each waypoint has the same icon and I currently have a set of sub folders named to help me record the status of those locations, e.g. good, to try, to try but I have to figure out how to actually get there, etc.

However, the folder names don’t help to just look at a map and distinguish between them. If I want to try a new place and check one off to see if it’s actually good, I have to manually go in and hide the other folders which then also means I don’t have any sort of visual reference about how close or far it might be from places I do shoot from. Having colored rings, just like we have different colors for the basic pins, would mean I could use different colors to indicate different status and then easily pick them apart, all while still using the same icon to indicate what the overall category is. Not to mention it would make dealing with the folder and subfolder management a lot easier. :-)

So I know there’s a feature request looking for more icons, which I would also like. But I'm posting this separately (and I'll go add my ++ to more icons, too) as it's a bit different than just more icons (and maybe would be easier?).

Thanks!!

Schmoe

May 28, 2019 18:52

I want this feature for very similar reasons. For overlanding/dispersed camping, I want the ability to visually distinguish among camping sites with different qualities, namely: 1) potential spot found via map scouting that I haven't physically visited yet, 2) visited and it's a good site, and 3) visited and it's not a good site. What I want is to use the same tent waypoint icon, but with different colors that are assigned these meanings I described above.

What'd be great is, just like the way you can access emoji's of different colors on iOS, if I long-tap-and-hold on the camp icon, I can choose what colored ring I want to assign to it.

Thanks,

Joe

arlaghan

June 11, 2019 19:39

Selecting the background color inside the ring would also be useful.

eforslin

June 12, 2019 20:19

This would be a great feature, along with additional icon choices.

That said, the official Emoji set is growing all the time, and there are icons for nearly everything -- Hiking boots, fishing, paddling, transportation, food, camping... Why have a proprietary set of icons when there is a now a standardized set that are broadly adopted?

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barclay

June 13, 2019 01:22

I would like this as well, in addition to Change icons colors or styles for entire folder.

Colors in waypoint icon choices

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